"Wood She Or Wouldn't She?" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving but a forest of factories

but a forest of factories with smokestacks spewing billowing clouds of smoke

Thorpe often favored a dramatic black background to focus the viewer's attention on the vibrant color and delicate silhouette of blooms and foliage

sheet 7-1/4 x 15

A beautiful impression of this great Venetian subject by Roth

reproduced as here by Prang for a broader market still fascinated by the romance of the American west

"Wood She Or Wouldn't She?" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving but a forest of factoriesColor Woodcut, 2004, Ed. 6 6, signed titled, dated and numbered in pencil, on cream wove japan paper. A late and witty bilaterally symmetrical biomorphic abstraction by the artist in a small edition and fine condition.